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Aug. 16 1927.

I J. KAUFMAN CONTAINER Filed Feb. 19, 1925 A'IT NEY iPatented Aug- 7"PATENT OFFICE,

JOSEPH OFJBRONXVILLE, -NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO, AMER I CAN SAFETY RAZORCORPORATION, OF NEW YORK,

N. pa, A conrona'rron or VIRGINIA.

comma Application filed February 19, 1925. Serial m. 10,193.

My present invention relates generally to containers and to theirassociation and coordinately to such an. association of containers aswill on the one handsuggest and drive home efl'ectively the advertisingand selling features of the article contained in. one of them, andas'will on the other hand give to the user of the article a physicalevidence of the benefits resulting from its use; As is well known, thedevelopment of. self-shaving is' moreorless tied up with the developmentof what is known as the safety razor, of which there are numerous typeson the market.

While 1 the factors of convenience and cleanliness have had a great dealto do with the almost universal practice of men toshave themselves, thegreatest factor that has resulted in its universal development, andwhich factor-has become of the greatest importance, is the savingresulting,- particularly in view of the fact that the cost'of shav-v ingin establishments known as barber .shops, has increased with the generalrise in.- the cost ofall commodities and ofservice. V In order to bringhome this factor of savingv and consequently to increase the use ofsafety razors and their sale, slogans such as Shave and save-have beenadopted to put in as pithy and as attractive a way the'fact that byshaving oneself with an outfit, the initial cost of which isrelativelysmall and the upkeep of whichvis also correspondingly small, arelatively large saving .can be ef-" fected. r v I It is obvious thatslogans such as Shave and save have been presented'to the individualhithert by advertisements of .va-. rious characters, which, vhowever, donot generally bring home the effect thereof at thetime desired, namely,just at the time when the user is actually shaving. I

One ofthe objects of my invention is to form a razor case container ofsucha charac- ,t er that theslogan Shave and save or its import, will beforcibly presented to the user of a razor contained in such case everytime the individual uses such razor.

,Thrift campaigns, that is, campaigns for the accumulation of savingshave been car- 'ried on extensively, particularly'by the sav-' 'ingsinstitutions and banks and in furtherance of this campaign, the practicehas grown up amon the savings banks to distribute small coin containersor boxes in 5 which coins can be dropped and from which the coins are tobe,removed by an oificial of the bank and accepted as a deposit in thatbank.

One of the objects combine the savings idea as carried on by' thedistribution of coin containers and the thrift idea as represented by.the savings and service .When a man shaves himself, so

that a definite meaning is given to thel'sav-Q ings so accumulated, sothat such savings will represent not merely money laid aside andaccumulated, but actual economies on the part of the person so saving.

Where I have attempted to attain this re- 9 suit by associating togpthera razor container 'and a coin box in sue a way that they form anintegral" structure, I, find that this arrangement is open to theinconvenience that where, on the one -hand,'the us'er handles theshaving outfit, he mustat the same time handle thecoin'container andwhere, on the other han he takes the .coincontainer. to

the bankfor thenremovalzand the deposit a of the money, he must taketheshaving set along.

Another object of my invention therefore is the provision of an arranemen-t whereby in an arrangement such as t at set forth in which thereis assoclated a container for an S5 Implement such as a razor, as aresult of 'whlch' economies are effected, and a coin container in whichthe money saved bysuch economies can be deposited, that the. two can bedisassociated-at will and each be com- 'plete in itself. so that thecontainers can be used independently ofeach other and the two can. beseparated at will without in any way efiecting the completeness ofeither.

My invention generally involves the provision of a'new,;useful, simpleand'economi call constructed. and efi'ective. container ma e up. ofseparable containing portions and so associated that they can lieassociated or disassociatedat will without impairing theefiectiveliessof each as a complete container, and more particularlya compositecontainer of a'character in which the subsidiary containers bear suchrelationship to of my invention is to each other, that the vmoney savedby the economies effected by-one can be accumulated in the other.

For the attainment of these objects and such other objects as mayhereinafter appear or be pointed out, I have illustrated embodiments ofmy invention in the draw- 2-2 thereof;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the upper half or the coin holding partthereof looking at the bottom; 1 r

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the shaving outfit container partthereof;

- Fig. 6 is a view of a modified embodimednt of the shaving outfitcontainer part; an

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a separable cover to be employed for theshaving outfit container part Before describing the details of theillustrated embodiments, ll will premise that the composite container ofFig. 1 is formed by associating together the coin container 10 of Fig. 4and the shaving outfit container 11 of Fig. 5. j

The coin container 10 is formed of any preferred or desired materialsuch as sheet metal and is given any preferred or desired contour and isprovided preferably on its upper surface with the slot 12 through whichthe coins are to be depositedand with the closed bottom 13 having anopening therein closed preferably by the removable member 14 releasedfrom its locked 'closing position by a key to be inserted in the keyhole 15.

Where desired, the arrangement can be such that the key to be insertedin the keyhole 15 for the release of the bottom closure member 14 may beof a character that it is in possession only of an officer of a bank sothat coins deposited in the container 10 can ,be removed therefrom onlyby an officer of a bank on the premises of the bank and for purposes ofdeposit to a savings account 7 only.

The shaving outfit container 11 may also be made of any desired orpreferred material such as sheet metal as by a stam ing operation andhas its interior sectione oif for receiving parts of the razor outfitand- Fig. 5 may be provided with a top closuremember 16 which, as shown,in. the drawings, is hinged at 17. The container 1115 of such contourand dimensions wlth reference to the coin container 10 that the two,

the body or base member thereof.

For the purpose of permitting these two containers to be associatedtogether and to be so maintained as long as desired, and yet permit oftheir complete separation and independent use without impairing the fulleffectiveness of either, I show in the embodiment illustrated, the coincontainer provided with a continuous flange depending therefrom (seeFig. 4), this flange having on the inner surface of its rear wall 20 theforwardly projecting pins2l, the number of which may be as desired,orfound convenient, and on its front wall 22 the locking button 23.There is thus provided in the lower end of the container a space belowthe bottom 13, which not only provides the inner surface of the rearwall 20 of the flange, and the holes 26 being of a size to easilyreceive these ins. The'shaving outfit container 11 is rther' provided onits front wall with the upwardly projecting spring lock member 27arranged-to cooperate with the locking in 23' provided 'on the frontwall 22 ofthe flimge.

The manner of assembling the coin container of Fig. 4. with the shavingoutfit container of Fig. 5 so as to give a composite container. of Fig.1,. merely involves therefore thepositioning of the pins 21 of the coincontainer within the openings 26 in the flanges 25 on the shaving outfitcontainer '11 and the engagement of the locking members 23 and 27. Theopenings 26 of the flanges 25 are made sufliciently larger than the pinsso as to allow of a pivotal movement between the two so that when thelook ing spring 27 is pushed inwardly by pressure upon the projectingmember 28, this spring 27 will be moved inwardly suificlently so as todisenga e the opening 29 from the pin 23 of the coin conta1ner to permltof a sufficient movement of the'container 11 relatively to the container10, so that the two can be separated.

In Fig. 6 of the drawing, I show a modifiedform in which no cover. isprovided for the shaving outfit container, whereby the parts of theshaving outfit contained therein can be of such a size as to projectabove the top thereof to that extent to which that excess can ;beaccommodated withinthe space i formed below the bottom 13 of the coincontainer in Fig. 4, andinFig. 7 of the drawing I show the cover member30'which can serve as a cover for the embodiment of Fig.

6 and which is for this reason madeseparable th'erefrom andthis...cover,'"'for this purpose, is provided with the continuous flange31, the rearwalls of which-are provided on "its inner surface with theforwardly and inwardly projecting pins 32 and on its for. ward wall.with the inwardly projecting pin 23-,'which pins 32and 23 cooperate withthe openings 26- and 29 in the flan es fand the spring lock 27 formed int e shaving outfit container of Fig. 6 in the same way as do thecorresponding elements in the coin box bottom of Fig. 4 so that, ineffect, in

..these embodiments of this invention, the

coin box container- 0f Fig. 4and the cover member 30 of Fig. 7 formalternative closures for the shaving outfit container ofFig. 6 so thatwhere it is desired to have the com- 'positeconstruction of Fig. 1, thecoin box .can beassociated with the safety razor outfit containers .ofeither Figs. 5 or 6, orwhere it is desired to disassociate the two, thecover member 30 of Fig. 7 can be associated with the safety razor outfitcontainer ofFig. 6..-

It will be understood that where desired,

I the cover member of Fig. 7 can equally well be associated withtherazor outfit container of Fi 5in the same wa as has been de-' scribe inconnection wit the outfit container of Fig. 6. 1

The cover container 30 'where employed maybe provided with the reflectoror mirror 34 positioned as shown in Fig. 7 and received beneath theflange 35. 4

.It will be understoodfrom the description thus far given, that Ihaveprovided'a composite container which serves as a powerful argument forsaving and can be distributed by savings institutions with considerablesuccess because of the factthat not only is there somethin of racticalvalue associated with the container, ut the object of practical valueisof such a character that its use efl'ects economy of money, which canbe accumulated in. the coin container so thata person should have everyincentive to accumulate such money in the coin container as he saves byshaving himself, as that represents a very definite economy and that asa result of the habit so formed, the thrift campaign will 'be materiallyadvanced. At the same time, by the arrangement set forth,

the containers are so associated that they. can be disassociatedat willand used independently of each other at will and as complete receptaclesand without "in any way.

reducing theeflectiveness of either.

-Having thus described 111 invention and illustrated its use, what I caim" as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-' r a 1. In adevice of the character described,

in combination, a container adapted to r.e ceive an article, the use of.whichljserves toeconomize in expense such as a shaving im-' plement,and a coin container, the contain-- ers each, bein complete inthemselves and capable of in ependent use and means for separablyassociating said. containers so that they forma compositemulti-container construction, with the containers in superim-' posedrelation, the walls of the upper container extending below the bottomthereof,

said aforementioned means including a member projecting from saidextending portion of the walls.

2. In a device of the character described,

in combination, a container adapted to receive an article,'the use ofwhich serves to economize in expense such as a shaving implement, and acoin container, the contain- .ers each bein complete in themselves andplement, .and a coin container, the containers each. being com lete inthemselves and capable of indepen ent use and means for separablyassociating said containers so that they'form a compositemultl-contalner construction, with the containers in superimposedrelation, the walls of the upper container extendi below the bottomthereof,

said aforementioned means including a member projecting from saidextending ortionofthe walls, and a closure carrie by the upper end ofsaid lower container.

4. In a device of the character described, in combination, a containeradapted to receive an article, the use of which servw to economize inexpense such as a shaving implement, and a coin container, thecontainers each being com lete in themselves and I capable of indepenent use and means for separably associating said containers so that theyform a com oslte mult1-conta1ner construction, with t e containers insuperimposed relation, the walls of the upper container extending belowthe bottom thereof, said aforementioned means including membersprojecting from opposite portions of said razor outfit container, thecoin con- 1 taiue'r being provided in i s bottom with an. opening and aclosure therefor, whereby said closure will be hidden from View when thetwo containers are in associated relation.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto l5 signed my name.

, JOSEPH KAUFMAN.

said extending portions of the walls, for providing a separable pivotfor the containers and a lock therefor.

5. In a device of the character described, in combination, a shavingoutfit container, a closure therefor, a coin container arranged andadapted to be associated therewith in superimposed relation, wherebysaid coin container simulates and forms a cover for

